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Bruce Dickinson – Americans Are Behind (1996) | Track profile | Dork

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Americans Are Behind

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Bruce Dickinson

Americans Are Behind

Release date: 1996

From Skunkworks

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About This Track

"Americans Are Behind" is a track by Bruce Dickinson, from the album Skunkworks, released 1996. Full lyrics are available below.

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Bruce Dickinson

Bruce Dickinson

Lyrics

Americans Are Behind

Hello!

Well I've studied Greenwich Mean Time

And it's different from CET

But in Europe we're all in line

And that's no big problem for me, ha, ha

But over in the USA

While we're all having our tea

They're maybe just getting dressed

Well that's no way to be

Americans are behind

Americans are behind

Americans are behind

Americans are behind

Well I called them on the telephone

During office hours

I'd spoken to their answerphone

Some silly mumbling cow

She said "I'm sorry we're not open yet but have a nice day"

But it's gone noon

They're still in bed

They're far behind in the USA

Americans are behind

Americans are behind

Americans are behind

Americans are behind

Good lord, can't you hurry up

Americans are behind

Americans, get a move on now!

At the third stroke

We will all have a jolly good time...

Americans are behind

Americans are behind

Americans are behind

Americans are behind

Americans are behind

Americans are behind

Precisely...

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From Skunkworks

1996

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Album

Bruce Dickinson

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1996

—R 101
—Inside the Machine
—Dreamstate
—Inertia
—I Will Not Accept the Truth
—Re-Entry
—Strange Death in Paradise
—I'm in a Band With an Italian Drummer
—Headswitch
—Solar Confinement
—God's Not Coming Back
—Innerspace
—Faith
—Americans Are Behind
—Armchair Hero
—Meltdown
—Space Race
—Rescue Day
—Octavia

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